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Andrew Johnson Profoundly Changed The Story Of The United States With His Decisi
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| Term Paper Title | Andrew Johnson Profoundly Changed The Story Of The United States With His Decisi |
| # of Words | 739 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.96 |
Andrew Johnson profoundly changed the story of the United States with his decisiveness and ability to envisage or picture what would be the best future for the nation as a whole. In 1865 Andrew Johnson was shot into a politically difficult time in the nation with the death of a president, the end of the Civil War, and the process of reconstructing the biggest experiment of the world - a government by the people and for the people of the United States of America. President Johnson had to restore the government of the South and that brought about formidable questions. Who in the South will receive suffrage, the loyalists to the North, African Americans, or all Southerners including the former Confederates? These were the great dilemmas that faced the nation during Andrew Johnson’s administration; an administration that exemplified excellent foresight of President Andrew Johnson.
Starting at Bull Run in 1861, to the end of the Civil War with the South’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April ninth 1865, the nation was left with political problems. These political problems were then tossed into the hands of President Andrew Johnson the predecessor of the late 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated only six days after the South’s surrender at Appomattox. President Johnson restored the voting rights to Confederates that he previously left out. The President at first did not grant the amnesty and he kept out the South’s elite and rulers, this was to help get the poorer white man into government. President Johnson said that he "did not expect to keep out all who were excluded from the amnesty, or even a large number of them, but I intended that they should sue for pardon, and so realize the enormity of the crime they had committed." (evidence 12, p. 276). This was an excellent idea because there was no way to completely keep the southern elite out of offices because they could be appointed to positions in the government. President Johnson obviously had thoroughly thought this problem through except for that loop hole of appointments. He new that "we cannot expect such large affairs will be comprehended and digested at once." (evidence 12, p. 276). ...This is not the end of the termpaper! Register below to see the complete version of this term paper.
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